MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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approving such grants, the Board of Public Works shall
sake all reasonable efforts not to jeopardize Federal
grants for the remaining part of such projects.

(4)   Any project initiated in fiscal year
1973 and not completed by the effective date of this Act
shall be eligible for a grant hereunder.

(5)   The Secretary of the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene shall report on or before
January 1 of each year to the Governor and General
Assembly on the status of Bond Funds for the construction
of sewerage facilities under this and previous Bond
Authorization Acts. His report shall indicate funds
expended, funds committed, and funds remaining; and a
list of projects for which funds have been expended and
are committed. It shall also contain his projection of
projects to be constructed for the following two years
for which grants are anticipated.

SECTION 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
5(b) of Chapter 445 of the Acts of 1968, as amended by
Chapter 653 of the Acts of 1969, Chapter 246 of the Acts
of 1970, Chapter 242 of the Acts of 1972, Chapter 55 of
the Acts of 1973, and Chapter 286 of the Acts of 1974, be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

5.

(b) Of the actual cash proceeds from the sale of
Certificates of Indebtedness to be issued under this Act,
the sum of One Hundred Nineteen Million
Dollars($119,000,000), less a proportionate share of the
costs specified in Section 4 of this Act, shall be used
exclusively to provide State grants to assist in the
construction of sewage treatment plants and related
facilities in Maryland; however, the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission's portion of the capital costs for
improvements to and enlargement of sanitary sewage
facilities and systems operated by the District of
Columbia pursuant to agreements between the Commission,
the District of Columbia, and the United States
Government shall be deemed a project eligible for a
State grant hereunder. All grants authorized or made
hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions
and limitations:

1. That a State grant offer shall be made
only for the construction of projects that meet the
specifications required by the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act and all applicable State legislation and